Environmental Factor – May 2019: NC researchers circle on chemicals that disrupt hormones

The second annual Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-North Carolina (EDC-NC) Society scientific meeting attracted over 170 registrants for the April 5 event at NIEHS. “More people signed

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Environmental Factor – April 2021: Obesity may affect puberty timing and hormones in girls

In girls with excess total body fat, puberty looks different, both in terms of both reproductive hormones and breast maturation. A team led by NIEHS

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Environmental Factor – June 2021: Male hormones regulate stomach inflammation in mice

“Other than the skin, I can’t think of any tissue in humans and mice that’s more subject to multiple inflammatory attacks than the stomach,” Cidlowski

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Environmental Factor – February 2022: Stress hormones’ role in breast cancer illuminated by NIEHS research

“We discovered unique ways that stress hormones influence the activation of human genes,” said Hoffman. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS) Although stress is

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